Sexual-Abuse Case Rocking Israel’s Military Broke After Doctors Sounded Alarm
August 6th, 2024Via: Wall Street Journal:
An Israeli military investigation that has roiled the country with allegations of sexual abuse by its own ranks was set in motion by doctors who reported injuries to a Palestinian detainee that were so severe they required surgery, medical staffers familiar with the matter said.
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The injuries shocked doctors, who had difficulty believing Israeli soldiers could have been responsible for them, given their severity, the medical staffer said.
“It was pretty horrifying,” the medical staffer said. “It’s just setting the bar so low that I don’t know how we can deteriorate more morally. I was aware things like that could happen but I’ve never witnessed anything like that.”
